diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 318c541970ecd3a50e8dc9f7d9e300ce374be410..6494d6b5e1b24e97cfdae9b5059909331e3e268d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -1030,8 +1030,11 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_sk_dump(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg,
 		u32 node;
 		struct nlattr *con[TIPC_NLA_CON_MAX + 1];
 
-		nla_parse_nested(con, TIPC_NLA_CON_MAX,
-				 sock[TIPC_NLA_SOCK_CON], NULL, NULL);
+		err = nla_parse_nested(con, TIPC_NLA_CON_MAX,
+				       sock[TIPC_NLA_SOCK_CON], NULL, NULL);
+
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 
 		node = nla_get_u32(con[TIPC_NLA_CON_NODE]);
 		tipc_tlv_sprintf(msg->rep, "  connected to <%u.%u.%u:%u>",